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Four-Year College Choice Considerations Among High-Achieving Lower-Income Community College Students in Michigan

Das, Dilip A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1370444139

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
The college choice considerations and decisions of high school seniors matriculating full-time to four-year colleges is well-documented. However, a growing majority of students do not fit within the high school to four-year college group, leaving gaps in the college choice research literature. This qualitative study addresses the college choice research gap though semi-structured interviews of 17 academically talented – 3.5 or higher grade point average with over 25 college credits completed – Pell Grant-eligible community college students seeking transfer to a four-year college. All participants demonstrated high levels of motivation to complete a baccalaureate. Twelve of participants applied to only one transfer college and five applied to two. Constraints on college choice included a variety of financial considerations, strategic recruiting strategies by four-year colleges, and a lack of detailed guidance and college knowledge. Utilizing a cultural capital framework for analysis, marked differences between the college experiences of traditional four-year students and high-achieving, low-income non-traditional community college students were found including differences based on class, race and cultural traditions.
David Meabon, PhD (Committee Chair)
Mary Ellen Edwards, PhD (Committee Member)
Larry G. McDougle, PhD (Committee Member)
Penny Poplin Gosetti, PhD (Committee Member)
187 p.
Academic Guidance Counseling; Adult Education; African American Studies; Community College Education; Economics; Education Finance; Education Policy; Educational Sociology; Educational Theory; Higher Education; Middle Eastern Studies; Sociology
Transfer college choice; college choice; lower-income; Pell-eligible; high-achieving; first generation; class reproduction; undermatching; cultural capital; stratification; workforce experience; motivation; choice constraints; race and class constraints

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  • Das, D. A. (2013). Four-Year College Choice Considerations Among High-Achieving Lower-Income Community College Students in Michigan [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1370444139

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Das, Dilip. Four-Year College Choice Considerations Among High-Achieving Lower-Income Community College Students in Michigan. 2013. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1370444139.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Das, Dilip. "Four-Year College Choice Considerations Among High-Achieving Lower-Income Community College Students in Michigan." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1370444139

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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